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PRINTING AND DEPOSITING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 18, 1935 7 Sher?,(,S-Sheekl 5' /ff y l INVENTOR TTORNEYS Feb. 18, 1936. E. D. RAPISARDA PRINTING AND DEPOSITING MECHANISM Filed Jan. 18, 1935 7 Sheets-sheet 4 INVENTOR Iowa/Po RAP/:Mm BY Y 66%@ Y ya@ v ATTORNEYS @b 96. Y E. D. RAPlsARDA PRINTING AND`DEPos1T1NG MEGHANISM Filed Jan. 18, 1935 7 Sheets-Sheet 6A t I i E. D. RAPISARDA Zl@ PRINTING AND DEPOSITING MECHANISM 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Filed Jan. 18, 1935 Patented Feb. 18, v1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to that type of candy making machinery in which measured amounts of liuid confection are deposited in molds; and has its principal use in connection with the operation of printing or forming a plurality of confection receiving depressions in a matrix of powdered starch or the like, and subsequently filling these depressions with fluid confection.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved and simplified mechanism by which a starch matrix, generally supported in shallow trays, may be printed with the required series of depressions, and these depressions may be filled with iluid confection whether the advance of the matrix through the machine is continuous or intermittent. A further object is to provide a simple construction of depositing pump. A further object is to provide a mechanism of this general character having ready adaptability to different sizes and spacings of the candy receiving depressions in the starch matrix. A further object is to provide a depositing mechanism having a wide range of adaptability in iilling the depressions in a single matrix with a plurality of separate kinds of candy, either by lling separate groups of depressions with different kinds of candy or by placing different kinds of candy in various selected ways in the same depressions. Additional objects will appear as the mode of operation of the machine is described.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the preferred form of printing and depositing mechamsm;

Fig. 2 is a continuation of Fig. 1, showing the manner in which the mechanism is givenits reciprocating movement in synchronism with the forward movement of the starch matrix;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Fig. 2, taken on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the mechanism partly broken away to include the mechanism of Figs. l and 2 in a single view;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of the side of the machine opposite to that shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 7 is a section on line 1-1 of Fig. 4, taken on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of the depositing pump;

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9--9 of Fig.4, taken on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 10 is a perspective detail of a separating device for the candy tank;

Fig. 11 is a plan View of the separating device;

Fig. 12 is a transverse section through the separating device;

Fig. 13 is a detail of a plate forming part of, the separating device; 5 Figs. 14 and 15 are perspective details, partly broken away, showing the operation of the depositing pump;

Figs. 16 and 17 are perspective details, partly broken away, showing modified forms of nozzle 10 bars on the distributingpump;

Fig. 18 is a perspective detail showing the depositing mechanism arranged for depositing two different kinds of candy in alternate mold recesses;

Fig. 19 is a perspective section of the depositing mechanism arranged for depositing two kinds of candy side by side in the same mold recess;

Fig. 20 is a sectional plan of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 19; 20

Fig. 21 is a detail of the candy produced by the mechanism of Figs. 19 and 20;

Fig. 22 is a perspective section of the depositing mechanism arranged for depositing two kinds of candy one above the other in the same mold recess;

Fig. 23 is a sectional plan of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 22;

Fig. 24 is a detail of the mold recess showing the depositing action of the mechanism of Figs. 22 and 23;

Fig. 25 is a detail of the candy produced by the mechanism of Figs. 22 and 23;

Fig. 26 is a perspective section of the depositing mechanism arranged for depositing two kinds of candy in the same recess to produce a marbled effect;

Fig. 27 is a sectional plan of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 26; and

Fig. 28 is a detail of the candy produced by the 40 mechanism of Figs. 26 and 2'?.

The mechanism will be described in its preferred embodiment, dealing with the starch matrix when held in shallow trays forwarded with a continuous and uninterrupted motion through the machine. As the description proceeds, however, it will become apparent that neither the scope nor the utility of the invention is limited to this manner of handling the starch matrix; and that certain features of the invention are applicable when the trays are advanced intermittently, where the matrix is supported by other means than trays, or where other forms of molding media are used.

The machine is preferably carried on a single frame, which is preferably composed of spaced supporting rails 30 laid directly on the oor 3| and suitably braced. These rails carry sprockets 32, turning on vertical shafts 33, and ,also sprockets 34 mounted on shafts 35. Around these sprockets pass opposed conveyer chains 35, bearing propelling lugs 31, the chains being guided and tightened by idling rollers or sprockets 39. The trays 39, in which the starch matrix 40 has previously been placed by other means, are guided in suitable ways and are carried in a continuously moving series through the machine by the lugs 31. The conveyer chains, as well as the rest of the mechanism to be decribed later, are driven from a shaft 4| which may receive its rotation from a motor or from some other part of the candy treating machinery. A worm gear connection 42 from this shaft drives a cross shaft 43 from which in turn bevel gear connections 44 drive the vertical shafts 33 previously mentioned, thus giving the conveyers a constant forward travel during the operation of the machine.

The printing and depositing mechanism is carried by a traveling frame 50 supported on rollers which run on parallel tracks 52 (Fig. 3) This frame, with its attendant parts and the tank of fluid confection, is reciprocated back and forth once for each passage of a tray beneath it, and in order to keep down the frictional and inertial forces the frame is preferably made of an aluminum alloy. In order to reciprocate the frame a rock shaft 53 is mounted in it at one end. To this shaf is Xed an arm 54 pivoted at 55 to an adjustable link 53, the other end of which is pivoted on a tie rod 51 extending between the bearing brackets 58 which carry the shaft 43. A cam bar 60 is pivoted to the arm 54 at 6|, and at its other end straddles the shaft 43 so as to be guided by it. A roll 82 is carried by the cam bar in position to engage a groove in a face cam 63 mounted on the shaft 13 and therefore in continuous rotation. The shape of this groove is so chosen that the frame 55 will travel during the operative part of its forward motion, at the same speed with which the trays 39 are advancing. In order to speed up the operation the rearward stroke is preferably made at a faster rate, and the periods of starting and stopping .are made as smooth as possible in order to avoid shocks.

Passing across between the sides of the traveling frame Sil, and movable with it, is a cam shaft (Figs. l and 4). A worm gear 1| at one end of this shaft (Figs. 4 and 5) meshes with a worm 12 on a short longitudinal shaft 13 also journaled in the traveling frame. This shaft carries a pinion 14 meshing throughout the reciprocation of the traveling frame with a long gear fixed on the drive shaft 4| and of a length somewhat greater than the reciprocative movement of the depositing mechanism. By this mechanism the cam shaft iii is driven at a continuous rate which is unaffected by the stopping and starting of the reciprocating frame. A clutch member 16 is keyed at 11 to the cam shaft 15, and is formed with the usual groove to coact with a shipper arm 18 carried by a ltransverse shaft 19 operated by one or more handles 80. A coacting clutch member 8| is mounted on a sleeve 82 within which the shaft 16 rotates, and which serves as a disconnectable driving means for the depositing pump to be described below.

Driven directly by the shaft 10, and therefore unaffected by the clutch, is a cam 83 operating a rock arm 84 fixed to a transverse shaft 85. At its ends the shaft carries arms 86 (Fig. 1) each 0f which bears a block 81 slidably mounted on a vertical shaft 88. The motion of the block relative to the shaft is limited in an upward direction by a collar 89, and motion in a downward direction is limited by a spring 90 bearing against a second collar, preferably in the form of an adjustable nut 9|. Each shaft is threaded at 92 into a member pivoted to one end of a printer head 93, which may be of usual form, bearing molding projections 94 adapted to enter the starch and to form the molding recesses therein. By rotating the two threaded shafts 88 the printer head can be adjusted vertically, this being accomplished by worm gears 95 on the upper ends of the shafts, engaging worms (not shown) mounted on a cross shaft 96 which can be rotated manually by a crank 91. These parts have been broken away in Fig. 4 to disclose the parts below them. In order to prevent any but vertical motion the printer head is provided with lugs 98 running in vertical ways 99 on the frame 50. It will be apparent from the above description that the printer head Will descend upon the starch filled tray during the forward motion of the latter, pressing the starch into form and withdrawing from it while the printer head and the tray are traveling forwardly at the same rate of speed. A repeated pressure with an intermediate period of release can obviously be secured by a proper design of the cam 83.

The liquid candy to be deposited in the molded I recesses thus formed in the starch is carried on the traveling frame 50 within a tank |00. This tank is provided with brackets |0| through which pass shafts |02. Each shaft is held against vertical movement in the bracket by collars |03, I

and is threaded at its lower end into a bracket |04 on the frame so that by rotating the shafts the tank can be raised and lowered. A worm wheel |05 fixed to the top of each shaft; meshes with a worm (not shown) on a common transverse shaft |03 provided with an operating handle |01, thus providing a convenient means for raising and lowering both sides of the tank simultaneously. In order to prevent rocking movement of the tank it is provided with one or more lugs |08 running in vertical guides |99 on the fram'e.

Since in order to keep the Weight as low as possible the tank is preferably made of aluminum, a metal which undergoes a chemical reaction in the presence of some kinds of candy, it is preferable to provide the tank with a lining ||0 (Fig. 9) of copper. This may be held within the tank by an upper frame (Fig. 1) and by members ||2 and ||3 (Fig. 9) at the bottom, held in place by bolts |4. The sheet copper lining is extended between the tank body and these various holding members, preferably with the interposition of a gasket H5. If the lining ||0 is spaced from the wall |00 as indicated a jacket |B is provided through which water or steam may be circulated by means of fittings ||1 (Fig. l).

At the bottom of the tank is located a depositing pump which possesses many novel characteristics. Among the chief of these features is an extreme simplicity of construction lending itself particularly to the construction of a multiple or gang pump. The mechanism is, so to speak, built around a plate (Figs. 16 and 18) from which a plurality of fingers |2| arise. These fingers are arranged in regular rows and columns. Over these fingers are placed a plurality of tubes |22 preferably formed of short lengths of rectangular bronze tubing, the tubes being merely slipped over the fingers as shown in Fig.

8. Individually the tubes need not be secured in place; collectively they are held by a frame composed of end pieces |23 and side pieces |24 secured together in any desired way and having somewhat the effect of a printers chase. Preferably, in order to secure rigidity and to furnish another confining wall, some or all of the :fingers are held to a stationary plate |25 by screws |26 as shown in'Fig. 18. This construction provides a plurality of individual pumps, in which the pistons are formed by the walls |21 of the tubes (Fig. 20) the pistons moving in conned spaces the bottom wall of which is formed by the plate |26, the top wall is formed by the plate |25, the side walls by the sides |28 of the tubes and the end walls by the fingers |2|. the confined spaces are alternately increased and diminished by the reciprocation of the tube assembly as a whole.

The plate |26 is secured by screws |36 (Fig. 7) to side bars |3| which serve as a removable frame upon which the entire pump mechanism is carried, permitting it to be removed from its position underneath the tank for cleaning and for replacement of parts. Each of the side bars fits against a shoulder |32 in the corresponding member H2, and has a beveled portion |33 resting upon the upper side of a gib |34. The gibs serve the double purpose of permitting the bars I3! and the parts associated with them to be slid endWise to remove them from the machine, and of furnishing a means of clamping the bar firmly when in place. Forthe latter purpose the gibs are provided with slots |35 (Fig. 9) through which pass bolts |36 (Fig. 7) secured in the members II2. By sliding the gibs endwise, as by the use of a clamp screw |31 (Fig. 9) threaded through an extension I 38 of member I2, they can be caused to rise up on the bolts |36 and thus press the bars I3! rmly against the shoulders |32, preventing movement of the bar or leakage of candy from the tank during the operation of the machine.

`Sliding over the upper plate |25, and serving as the bottom of the tank, is an inlet cut-off plate |46 having a series of ports I4| positioned in it as will be described below. Sliding underneath the plate |20 is a discharge cut-off plate |42 having ports |43. The ports |4| and |43 are adapted to register respectively with pairs of ports |44 in the plate |25 and with pairs of ports $45 in the lower plate |29. A nozzle plate |46 is located snugly underneath the discharge cutoff plate I 42 in a manner permitting its ready removal and replacement when it is desired to change the type of product being manufactured. The description of the various forms of discharge nozzles can best be considered in connection with the operation of pump mechanism as a whole, and will accordingly not be taken up at this point. The nozzle plate is formed with lateral shoulders |41 (Fig. '1) which engage side members |48 held, together with spacing bars |49, and the plate I2, against the side bars 3| by means of the screws |36. 'Ihe nozzle plate can thus be slipped transversely out of the pump assembly, being retained in position when in place by one or more set screws |50 (Fig. 9) passing through the side bars.

The mechanism for sliding the assembly of tubes |22 relative to the stationary fingers 2|, together with the mechanism for sliding the cutoff plate |49 and |42, will now be described. Referring first to the tube assembly (Fig. 8), one of the endmembers |23 is provided with a verti- The volumes of' cal hole and a laterally opening hole I 56 to receive respectively a pin |51 and a link |58 (Fig.`

9). This link is coupled to an arm |59 (Figs. 4- and 6) pinned to the bottom of a shaft |60 carried in bearings I6I on the side of the traveling frame 58. To the upper portion of the shaft is pinned an arm |62 connected by a link |63 with a block |64 adjustable in a slot |65 of a rocker I 66 fixed on an operating shaft |61. A screw |68 is threaded into the block and is held against axial motion on the rocker by a collar |69 and a hub |18 engaging opposite sides of a block I 1| pivoted on the rocker and having a hole through which the screw passes loosely. The screw is provided with a handle |12 by means of which the position of the block |64 on the rocker may Ybe changed, even during the operation of the machine, thus changing the stroke given to the tube assembly. The slot is preferably made concentric with the pivot between the link |63 and arm |62, so that this adjustment will not change the symmetry of the motion of the tube assembly with respect to the longitudinal center line of the tank. As shown in Fig. 4, shaft |61 carries a crank |15 pivoted to a link |16 straddling the sleeve 8| on shaft 16 andprovided with a roll I 11 engaging a groove in a cam |18 carried by that sleeve.

The inlet cut-ofi plate |46 is connected by a link (Figs. 4 and 6) with an arm I8! extending from a. sleeve |82 rotatable on the shaft |66. A second arm |83 on this sleeve is joined by a link |84 with an arm |85 projecting from a sleeve I 66 rotatable on the rock shaft |61. A rocker |81 on this shaft is slotted similarly to the rocker |66 and in a like manner carries an adjustable pivot for a link |88. 'Ihis link is pivoted to a reciprocating member |89 straddling the sleeve 8| and a guide roll |99, and carrying a cam roll I9I fitting into a groove in a cam |92 xed to that sleeve. The adjusting mechanism, being similar to that already described, has been omitted from the drawings in order to show parts which would otherwise be concealed by it. The discharge cutoff plate I 42 has a link |95 connecting it to an arm |96 on a stub shaft |91 mounted in bearings |98 on the side of the frame 50. An arm |96 on this shaft and a similar arm 26 on the sleeve |82 are connected together by a link 26| so that the shaft |91 and the sleeve |82 always move together, while the inlet cut-orf plate and the discharge cut-off plate, by reason of the opposing y positions of thev arms |6I and |96, will move simultaneously in opposite directions.

Before taking up in detail the operation of the pumping mechanism it is desirable to emphasize the fact that the back and forth movements of the tube assembly and the two cut-off plates takes place during the motion of the traveling frame 50 in the direction of movement of the starch-carrying trays. As a matter of fact the effective movement of the pump mechanism is confined to that portion of the forward motion of the frame in which it is moving at the same linear speed as the trays, so that exact alignment is maintained between the nozzles and the printed depressions in the starch at all times when there is a ilow of confection through the nozzles. This action is permitted by the type of drive given to the traveling cam shaft 16. It will be recalled that this shaft derives its motion from the engagement of pinion 14 with the long and constantly rotating gear 15. The rotation of shaft 16 is thus continuous and entirely independent of the reciprocation of the frame on which it is mounted.

It is thus possible to have either one, two, or more pumping operations during the coaction of the device with a single tray, a feature which permits many useful and novel modes of operation.

The operation of the pump may be understood most clearly from a comparison of Figs. 14 and 1.5. In these figures the pump has been cut through the middle of a row of tubes |22. It will be seen that the sides |28 of the tubes lying parallel to the direction in which the tube assembly reciprocates form parts of the pumping charnbers, while the walls |21 lying at right angles to this direction of reciprocation form in effect the pistons of the pumps. In Fig. 14 the tube assembly is shown as having nearly reached the end of its travel towards the right in that figure, and the path of the liquid candy is shown by arrows. The inlet ports |44, |4| are open to the chambers which lie at the left of the pistons, and the ports |43, |45 are open from the right-hand chambers to the ports 2|5 in the nozzle bars. In Fig. 15 the tube assembly has moved to the opposite end of the stroke, the right-hand chambers now drawing from the tank and the left-hand chambers delivering to the nozzle bar ports 2|1.

By suitable shapes of the ports in the nozzle bars various methods of depositing candy may be followed, the nozzle bars being made readily replaceable as described above in order to permit the various methods to be practiced as desired. The arrangement shown in Fig. 18 is used when two separate kinds of candy are to be deposited in two alternating series of molding recesses and can also be used for a single kind of candy where half of the recesses are filled on one stroke of the tube assembly and the other half on the reverse stroke. As pointed out above, the two strokes are completed during the motion of the depositing mechanism in synchronism with the tray.

In order to permit the use of two kinds of candy in the same tank the latter is provided with a partition formed to divide the upper part of the tank into two approximately similar compartments and the lower part of the tank into two series of interdigitated chambers connected respectively with the two compartments. This partition includes a plate 255 (Figs. 10, 11, and l2) which form the upper longitudinal portion of the partition, and which is bolted at 206 to a plate 201 having a series of fingers 208 bent so that they slant alternately in opposite directions. To these fingers are soldered or otherwise secured a series of triangular transverse partition members 209 provided along their slanting sides with oppositely bent flanges 2|0 (Figs. 1l and 13) by which they may be fastened to the fingers. It will be apparent from a comparison of Figs. and 18 that when the partition is in place in the tank with its bottom surface resting on the plate |40, the members 209 will divide the tank into two alternating series of chambers each chamber of which runs the full Width of the tank and includes a complete line of holes |4|. The two series of chambers are connected respectively to the two main divisions of the tank produced by the partition 205, and thus can contain two distinct kinds of candy without intermixing. If desired, of course, the two sides of the tank may contain the same kind of candy, making it unnecessary to remove the partition when the type of work is changed.

Referring to Fig. 18 again, and assuming that the tank contains different kinds of candy on the two sides of the partition 205, it will be seen that alternate rows of holes |4| will be fed respectively with the two kinds of candy. The holes are shifted relatively to the partitions 209 as the port plate |40 is shifted back and forth to align each hole |4| alternately with the holes |44 of each pair, but do not pass underneath the partitions. Holes |4| can be understood, therefore, as receiving constantly only one type of candy. The holes |4| which move back and forth between the pair of holes |44 on opposite sides of one of the pump fingers |2| will receive candy A, those corresponding to the next line of fingers |2| will receive candy B, and so on. The result is that the pump chambers are arranged in double alternating rows, those on opposite sides of the same row of fingers |2| carrying the same kind of candy, and the next pair carrying the other kind. The pump chambers in each pair operate alternately as the tube assembly moves back and forth, and as the outlet port plate |42 reciprocates each of its holes |43 move between a pair of holes |45 communicating with a pair of pump chambers carrying the same kind of candy. The holes |43 also connect with a series of holes 2|5 in the stationary nozzle bar |46, each of the latter holes having a nozzle 2|6 connected to it. As shown in Fig. 18, alternate holes 2 I 5 are connected to their nozzles by short passages 2|1 serving in this case merely to space the nozzles evenly in accordance with the spacing of the molding recesses 2|8. These recesses will with this arrangement of apparatus be lled with candy A and candy B in rows as indicated, giving a method of depositing an assortment of candies with but one pump mechanism.

The arrangement shown in Figs. 19 and 20 varies only in the form of the nozzle bar. In this case the nozzle bar has one set of nozzles 220 positioned directly opposite the holes |45 and a sec'- ond set 22| located adjacent the nozzles in the first set but connected to those holes |45 next but one along the line by a passage 222. As shown in Fig. 20, alternate passages 222 extend in opposite directions and overlap so that all the holes |45 are accounted for. Bearing in mind that each pair of holes |45 is alternately made operative by the sliding of the outlet port plate |42, and therefore that every other one is operative simultaneously, it will be seen that in this case each adjacent pair of nozzles 220 and 22| will discharge together, each delivering a different type of candy. This produces a candy piece C shown in Fig. 21 in which the two sides 223 and 224 are of different composition corresponding to the kinds A and B.

The form of nozzle plate shown in Figs. 22 and 23 is used to give a double candy structure with horizontal rather than vertical stratification. The structure is somewhat similar, one nozzle 225 of each pair being positioned directly opposite one of the holes 45; but the other nozzle 226 of each pair is connected by a passage 221 to the hole |45 corresponding to the next pump chamber feeding the other kind of candy and on the opposite stroke. Instead of the two nozzles of a pair operating simultaneously as in the form shown in Figs. 19 and 20, they here operate successively, causing the candy of one kind to flow in after the flow of the other has ceased. The

candy C is shown in the molding recesses in Fig.

24 and after removal therefrom in Fig. 25. Due to the method of connection of the nozzles the position of the two types of candy is reversed in adjacent molds, as appears from Figs. 24 and 25.

Still a third method of placing two kinds of 2,031,386 candy in a single recess is shown in Fig. 26. The

passage 222 is here the same as in Figs.'19 and 20, but the two nozzles 220 and 22| are replaced by a single larger nozzle 230. Since both kinds of candy are delivered simultaneously through the nozzle amarbling eiect is produced as shown at C in Fig. 28.

Figs. 16 and 17 indicate the facility with which the apparatus may be modified in another direction. It may be that it is desired to use the depositing mechanism with starch trays having a spacing of molding recesses different from the spacing of the pump tubes |22. In such a case the nozzle bar |46 is provided with nozzles 236 spaced as desired, and recesses 236 or 237 provided to connect one nozzle to a plurality of holes |45 on opposite sides of the ngers |2| and therefore fed with the same kind of candy if more than one kind is being used. In Fig. 16 each nozzle connects with four holes, two being operative on one stroke of the tube assembly and the other two on the opposite stroke. In Fig. 17 each nozzle connects with three holes |45, one being operative on one stroke and the other two on the opposite stroke. This affords a Way of depositing larger candies than can be handled by one pump chamber; or smaller candies with larger spacing if the stroke of the tube assembly is cut down.

The various forms of nozzle bar shown are intended as illustrative only, and are by no means exclusive. They show, however', how the same pump assembly can be used to produce varying results merely by changing the nozzle bar, which is made easily detachable for this purpose, and by changing the stroke of the tube assembly by the conveniently located handle |12. In prior constructions a similar change could be obtained only by substituting a completely new pump assembly. With these modifications indicated other forms of nozzle bar can be readily devised by those skilled in the art to meetspecial requirements.

I claim:

l. A multiple depositing mechanism for iluent material comprising a pair of port plates connected by a plurality of lingers in a rectangular array of spaced rows and columns, each port plate having a hole on each side of each finger, a cellular structure each cell of which surrounds a nger and extends between the port plates,

means for reciprocating the cellular structure as a unit; a top and a bottom cut-olf plate each having one hclecorresponding to each fingerseparated pair of holes in the port plates, and means for reciprocating the cut-olf plates to cause the holes in the cut-ofi" plates to register alternately with the holes of each pair in the port plates.

2. A multiple depositing mechanism for fluent material comprising a pair of port plates connected by a plurality of ngers in a rectangular array of spaced rows and columns, each port plate having a hole on each side of each finger, a cellular structure each cell of which surrounds a iinger and extends between the port plates, means for reciprocating the cellular structure as a unit, a nozzle bar spaced below the lower port plate, an upper cut-off plate above the upper port plate, a lower cut-ofi plate between the lower port plate and the nozzle bar, each cut-off plate having one hole corresponding to each finger-separated pair of holes in the port plates, and means for reciprocating the cut-01T plates to cause the holes in the cut-off plates to register alternately with the holes of each pair in the port plates.

5 3. A multiple depositing mechanism for fluent material comprising a pair vof port plates connected by a plurality of fingers in a rectangular array of spaced rows and columns, each port plate having a hole on each side of each finger, a

cellular structure each cell of which surrounds a linger and extends between the port plates, means for reciprocating the cellular structure as a unit, a nozzle bar spaced below the lower port plate and having downwardly opening nozzles and ducts each leading from a point opposite a hole in the lower port plate to one of said nozzles, an upper cut-o plate above the upper port plate, a lower cut-off plate between the lower port plate and the nozzle bar, each cut-oi plate having one hole corresponding to each nger-separated pair of holes in the port plates, and means for reciprocating the cut-oir plates to cause the holes in the cut-off plates to register alternately with the holes in each pair in the port plates.

4. A multiple depositing mechanism for fluent material comprising a pair of port plates connected by a plurality of lingers in a rectangular array of spaced rows and columns, each port plate having a hole on each side of each finger, a cellular structure each cell of which surrounds a linger and extends between the port plates, means for; reciprocating the cellular structure as a unit, a tank having separating means arranged to deliver two separate kinds of candy to alternating fingerseparated pairs of holes, a nozzle bar spaced below the lower port plate and having downwardly opening nozzles and ducts each leading from a point opposite a hole in the lower port plate to one of said nozzles, an upper cut-off plate between the upper port bar and the tank, a lower cut-01T plate between the lower port plate and the nozzle bar, each cut-off plate having one hole corresponding to each linger-separated pair of holes in the port plates, and means for reciprocating the cut-off plates to cause the holes in the cut-off plates to register alternately with the holes in each pair of port plates.

5. A multiple depositing mechanism as claimed in claim 4, in which the ducts in the nozzle bar connect corresponding holes of adjacent fingerseparated pairs in the lower port bar with one or more nozzles positioned to deposit in a single molding recess, whereby two separate streams of different kinds of candy are delivered to one molding recess during a single stroke of the cellular structure.

6. A multiple depositing mechanism as claimed in claim 4, in which the ducts in the nozzle bar connect noncorresponding holes of adjacent finger-separated pairs in the lower port bar with pairs of nozzles each pair positioned to deposit in a single molding recess whereby two separate streams of different kinds of candy are delivered successively toy one molding recess on successive strokes of the cellular structure.

7. A multiple depositing mechanism for fluent material comprising a divided candy holding tank, a multiple chambered two-stroke depositing pump having its chambers connected in sets to the different divisionsV of the tank, and depositing passages opening in pairs each pair arranged to deposit candy in a single molding recess and the passages of each pair leading to separate pump chambers of the same set but operative on alternate strokes of the pump mechanism whereby two dilerent kinds of candy may be deposited successively in the same molding recess.

8. A multiple depositing mechanism for fluent material comprising a divided candy holding tank,

amultple chambered two-stroke depositing pump chambers of the same set and operative on the having its chambers connected in sets to the difsame stroke of the pump mechanism whereby two ferent divisions of the tank, and depositing pasdifferent kinds of candy may be deposited simulsages opening in pairs, each pair arranged to taneously inthe same molding recess.

deposit candy in a. single molding recess and the passages of each pair leading to separate pump EDWARD D. RAPISARDA. 

